Bantam Books

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Bantam Books was an original publisher of for-profit Star Trek books.

Bantam Books was the second publisher given license to produce a series of original novels and episode novelizations based on the Star Trek franchise, starting in January 1967 and continuing until Paramount Pictures awarded the license to Pocket Books in 1979. Bantam's was not an exclusive license, as comics, technical publications and Star Trek: The Animated Series adaptations were published concurrently by Gold Key Comics and Ballantine Books.

Despite the loss of the Star Trek license in 1979, due to lead times, Bantam continued to publish new novels until 1981, with Pocket Books refraining from issuing its own originals until after. In addition, Bantam retained the ability to reprint and reissue their existing titles, which they continued to do into the 1990s, with some books issued under new titles.

Star Trek (all flavors) pro novels are now published by Pocket Books. Pocket acquired the license to publish Star Trek fiction in 1978 when Gulf+Western moved on creating a promotional tie-in for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. One of the more well-known editors for Pocket Books was John Ordover. He left that job in 2003.

Ballantine Books also ceased publishing Trek books in 1979.

Star Trek Publications

• the James Blish novelizations
• the foto novels
• Spock Must Die!
• Star Trek: The New Voyages
• Spock, Messiah!
• The Price of the Phoenix
• Planet of Judgment
• Mudd's Angels
• Vulcan!
• The Starless World
• Trek to Madworld
• World Without End
• The Fate of the Phoenix
• Devil World
• Perry's Planet
• The Galactic Whirlpool
• Death's Angel

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• Let's calculate the 'score' for Bantam and see if they can be said to have 'won' the Fizzbin game so far. (1979)